NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – At the annual organization meeting held on Dec. 20, new officers were elected for the Yuba Community College District Board of Trustees.
At the Jan. 10 regular meeting of the governing board, a newly elected trustee was sworn into office.
“I would like to offer my hearty appreciation to these trustees who have assumed critical governance responsibilities. Our board members are truly dedicated servants of their communities providing countless hours in leadership for our colleges and students. I am humbled to serve with such civic-minded community leaders who have committed to becoming a 'best-in-class' Governing Board," said Chancellor Douglas B. Houston.
Dr. Jesse Ortiz – who represents Trustee Area 5, which includes a portion of Yolo County that includes the city of Woodland and the Woodland Unified School District – was sworn in by his wife of 41 years.
Dr. Ortiz retired in 2018 as the superintendent of Yolo County Office of Education where he had served since 2014.
He has a bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University and a master’s degree from Sacramento State University. His Educational Leadership Doctorate degree is from Brigham Young University. Trustee Ortiz was a Guidance Counselor at Woodland Community College for 20 years.
Trustee Richard Teagarden was re-elected to YCCD Trustee Area 1 and was elected as President of the YCCD Board of Trustees. Trustee Area 1 includes a portion of Yuba County and includes Marysville Joint Unified School District, was elected as the President of the Board.
Teagarden retired in 2010 as the superintendent of Yuba County Office of Education where he had served since 1994. Prior to that appointment, Teagarden was a principal and teacher in the Marysville Joint Unified School District.
He is a graduate of Marysville High School and Yuba College; his undergraduate degree and his master’s degree in public school administration is from North Texas State University.
Trustee David Wheeler was re-elected to YCCD Trustee Area 3 and was elected as vice president of the YCCD Board of Trustees. Trustee Area 3 includes a portion of Sutter County including Nuestro, Franklin, Brittan, Meridian, and Winship Elementary School District, Live Oak Unified School District and Yuba City Unified School District.
First elected to the board in 2010, Wheeler is a graduate of Yuba City High School, has an associate’s degree from Yuba College, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees from San Francisco State University in Theater Arts.
From 1976 until his retirement in 2010, Trustee Wheeler was professor of theatre arts and film studies at Yuba College. During his tenure he directed more than 125 major productions, and received numerous awards including the first Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Award for Excellence in Theatre Education.
Susan Alves was elected as clerk of the YCCD Board of Trustees. She represents Trustee Area 6, which includes a portion of Yolo County (Woodland Unified School District) and a portion of Colusa County (Colusa, Pierce Joint, and Esparto Unified School District).
She was appointed to the Yuba Community College District Board of Trustees in October. Her current term expires in December 2020.
Alves retired in 2018 from public education where she served in the Woodland Joint Unified School District for 22 years; 13 years as a teacher and nine years as an elementary school principal.
She attended Woodland Community College; her undergraduate degree is from Chico State University and she attended Sacramento State University where she earned a Multiple Subject Teacher Credential and an Administrative Services Credential.
Other members of the YCCD Board of Trustees are Brent Hastey, Michael Pasquale, and V. Richard Savarese.
The Yuba Community College District spans eight counties and nearly 4,192 square miles of territory in rural, north-central California. Yuba College and Woodland Community College, offer degrees, certificates and transfer curricula at college campuses in Marysville and Woodland, educational centers in Clearlake and Yuba City, and through outreach operations in Williams and on Beale Air Force Base.
The two colleges in Yolo County and Yuba County and the campuses in Clearlake, Colusa, and Sutter Counties, serve 13,000 students across the northern Sacramento Valley.
For more information about YCCD, visit http://yccd.edu .
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